Speaking at a recent meeting of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, its chairman, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) urged the FTC to boost enforcement of the CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing) Act by chasing firms which use spammers to market their products.
Following up on suggestions that the amount of spam received by US consumers may actually have risen since the anti-spam legislation came into force in January, Senator McCain observed that:
"If the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) can't find the spammers, it should do the next best thing: go after the businesses that knowingly hire spammers to promote their goods and services."
He added that:
"At a minimum, the FTC could put thousands of businesses - many of them online pornography retailers - on notice that using anonymous spam is an illegal means of driving consumer traffic to their websites."
According to US media reports, the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Bureau of Investigation responded to Senator McCain's call by arguing that they are working hard to counter spam.
The FTC has pledged to deliver a national 'do not e-mail registry' by June 16, in line with the deadline stipulated by the CAN-SPAM Act.
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